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Conducting and respiratory zones

by: Kindred Grey

Publication date: 2022-01-25
Usage: Attribution 4.0 International
Topics: Pulmonary Physiology
Collection: kindredgreyarchive; patron-library-collection
Language: English
Item Size: 508.6K

This image is part of a series that was created for an open textbook, Pulmonary Physiology for Pre-Clinical Students. The textbook will be available Summer 2022.

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Kindred Grey (2022). "Conducting and respiratory zones." CC BY 4.0.

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The airways. Conducting zone (anatomical dead space): Trachea arrow primary bronchi (left and right) arrow secondary (lobar) bronchi (2 left and 3 right) arrow tertiary (segmental) bronchi (10 right, 8 left) arrow terminal bronchioles (<1mm). Respiratory zone (ascini): respiratory bronchioles (<0.5 mm diameter) arrow alveolar ducts (n.b. Lined with alveoli) arrow alveolar sacs arrow alveoli.